Alabama Daily Cattle Auction Summary

Alabama Daily Auction Summary, Alabama · USDA-reported Auction Livestock

Sale of Tuesday, March 1, 2022

3,235 head sold ·Official USDA report

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light 6-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $152.00/cwt ≈ $973/hd at 640 lb · 156 head

heavy 6-weight M&L 1-2 steers $160.00/cwt ≈ $1,067/hd at 667 lb · 126 head

heavy 4-weight M&L 1-2 heifers $168.00/cwt ≈ $766/hd at 456 lb · 74 head

Receipts

Head	This sale	Last sale	Last year
Total receipts	3,235	2,092	4,143
Feeder cattle	2,649	1,594	2,947
Slaughter cattle	426	321	643
Replacement cattle	160	177	553

Market comments — USDA reporter

Compared to one week ago: Slaughter cows and bulls sold mostly steady to 2.00 higher. Feeder classes sold steady to 2.00 higher. Replacement cows and pairs sold mostly steady. Trade active with good demand on feeder cattle.

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Feeder Steers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
667	667	126	160.00	$160.00	$1,067	—
836	836	10	127.00	$127.00	$1,062	—

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
331–345	333	6	200.00–209.00	$207.45	$691	+17.45
355–395	370	6	186.00–209.00	$193.33	$715	+10.93
405–445	418	18	180.00–197.00	$190.06	$794	+9.88
450–495	464	22	176.00–190.00	$185.82	$862	+3.58
505–545	527	26	175.00–187.00	$177.64	$936	+6.64
555–590	570	12	160.00–171.00	$167.29	$954	+5.58
605–645	635	30	151.00–166.00	$155.59	$988	+3.93
655–690	673	2	155.00–159.00	$157.05	$1,057	—
905	905	1	120.00	$120.00	$1,086	—
1200	1200	1	106.00	$106.00	$1,272	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
305–345	326	10	175.00–202.00	$190.06	$620	-3.97
370–395	375	17	170.00–188.00	$179.64	$674	+3.84
410–440	426	17	170.00–187.00	$180.42	$769	+5.58
450–495	475	20	162.50–182.00	$172.14	$818	+0.72
500–545	529	15	158.00–177.00	$167.73	$887	+7.41
552–592	572	11	153.00–165.00	$156.58	$896	-3.46
605–645	631	7	144.00–161.00	$154.18	$973	-1.43
675–695	688	4	135.00–152.00	$144.04	$991	+7.37
700–730	709	4	134.00–138.00	$135.52	$961	+0.52

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
325	325	13	170.00–180.00	$174.92	$568	-7.02
375	375	8	165.00–175.00	$170.63	$640	+1.62
455–495	478	7	142.00–165.00	$157.45	$753	-3.68
505	505	2	160.00	$160.00	$808	+5.00
585	585	2	150.00	$150.00	$878	—
615	615	2	143.00	$143.00	$879	—
670	670	1	136.00	$136.00	$911	-8.00
795	795	2	130.00	$130.00	$1,034	-0.23

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Feeder Heifers

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–335	321	7	150.00–180.00	$169.44	$544	+1.21
350–395	376	26	143.00–175.00	$166.20	$625	+4.41
400–445	420	56	135.00–172.00	$159.24	$669	-1.70
450–496	473	60	130.00–168.00	$154.77	$732	+1.19
510	510	1	141.00	$141.00	$719	-4.09
510 value added	510	21	156.00	$156.00	$796	—
513 fancy	513	3	168.00	$168.00	$862	—
500–545	517	48	130.00–166.00	$151.24	$782	+6.15
558 value added	558	8	149.00	$149.00	$831	±0.00
550–595	583	48	130.00–159.00	$144.96	$845	+2.44
600–645	618	15	129.00–149.00	$139.47	$862	-0.45
660–685	671	10	118.00–145.00	$134.98	$906	-0.38
677 value added	677	12	134.50	$134.50	$911	—
705–735	715	3	124.00–130.00	$127.00	$908	-8.00
755–785	775	6	123.00–129.00	$124.34	$964	+5.34
877	877	7	114.00	$114.00	$1,000	—

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
456	456	74	168.00	$168.00	$766	—
640	640	156	152.00	$152.00	$973	—

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
300–345	327	23	155.00–170.00	$165.87	$542	+14.06
350–395	370	42	131.00–170.00	$157.30	$582	+0.63
400–445	422	35	133.00–164.00	$153.41	$647	+3.70
455–495	479	29	136.00–160.00	$148.43	$711	+2.73
500–545	525	23	120.00–155.00	$140.84	$739	-0.38
550–595	579	25	109.00–145.00	$135.38	$784	+0.88
600–645	621	21	120.00–135.00	$127.83	$794	-1.06
675–695	680	8	118.00–133.00	$123.38	$839	-0.80
795	795	1	95.00	$95.00	$755	-23.00

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	165.00	$165.00	$446	—
325–345	328	8	145.00–155.00	$151.95	$498	+3.22
355–395	376	16	141.00–160.00	$149.73	$563	+5.72
420–440	425	9	138.00–152.00	$141.83	$603	+2.22
450–490	473	16	130.00–147.00	$139.13	$658	+2.26
515–540	528	6	124.00–138.00	$130.37	$688	+2.31
560	560	1	133.00	$133.00	$745	+8.22
610	610	1	120.00	$120.00	$732	+2.05

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Feeder Bulls

Medium and Large 2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
315–340	329	4	165.00–195.00	$186.05	$612	+1.41
355–395	381	11	160.00–188.00	$173.57	$661	+2.64
400–449	430	34	141.00–180.00	$172.09	$740	+3.08
455–495	479	35	135.00–177.00	$162.77	$780	-2.57
505–545	523	21	140.00–170.00	$155.15	$811	-0.57
555–595	572	21	134.00–164.00	$145.31	$831	+0.21
605–645	626	11	131.00–149.00	$142.04	$889	+6.28
653–675	664	9	112.00–145.00	$126.96	$843	-6.05
730–735	733	2	125.00	$125.00	$916	+3.00

Medium and Large 1 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
270	270	1	195.00	$195.00	$526	±0.00
305–345	326	17	174.00–207.00	$186.04	$606	-12.92
355–395	371	14	170.00–200.00	$183.79	$682	-2.82
400–445	424	21	160.00–190.00	$178.85	$758	+4.11
455–495	470	17	146.00–184.00	$172.22	$809	+4.67
500–545	521	20	135.00–175.00	$163.04	$849	+2.68
550–595	573	16	150.00–172.00	$154.89	$888	+1.93
610–630	623	3	142.00–150.00	$145.67	$908	-1.91
655–680	670	3	138.00–145.00	$140.68	$943	+0.68
700–735	723	4	125.00–134.00	$128.26	$927	-9.12
770–790	782	3	115.00–126.00	$121.72	$952	-0.86

Medium and Large 3 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
290	290	1	195.00	$195.00	$566	+24.59
320–345	328	12	172.00–188.00	$180.20	$591	+16.53
355–395	379	6	167.00–175.00	$170.87	$648	+9.21
405–445	419	16	155.00–170.00	$165.04	$692	+1.19
455–495	473	19	147.00–162.00	$156.36	$740	+4.79
500–540	518	8	140.00–152.00	$147.33	$763	+9.80
555–595	569	4	130.00–140.00	$135.52	$771	+1.50
605–640	626	4	129.00–138.00	$132.01	$826	+3.01
660	660	2	86.00–112.00	$99.00	$653	-22.62

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Slaughter Cows

Boner ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
770–1300	1090	80-85%	38	58.00–72.00	$68.82	$750	—
975–1405	1160	80-85%	23	81.00–88.00	$84.05	$975	+1.30
925–1545	1191	80-85%	46	64.00–80.00	$75.21	$896	-7.54

Lean ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
705–1245	927	85-90%	23	44.00–65.00	$53.59	$497	—
795–1460	978	85-90%	31	52.00–77.00	$61.47	$601	-1.09
770–1170	1007	85-90%	18	60.00–76.00	$65.82	$663	-6.74

Breaker ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Dressing	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1160–1615	1352	75-80%	26	80.00–94.00	$86.07	$1,164	+1.24
1185–1830	1445	75-80%	29	69.00–86.00	$78.87	$1,140	+3.45
1480–1945	1609	75-80%	15	64.00–79.00	$71.99	$1,158	—

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Slaughter Bulls

YG1-2 ($/cwt)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Head	Price range	Avg $	≈ $/hd	Δ last sale
1075–1830	1491	18	74.00–100.00	$93.73	$1,398	+5.89
1095–1995	1594	18	84.00–108.00	$98.91	$1,577	—
1140–2200	1739	17	106.00–121.00	$112.82	$1,962	—

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Stock Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
695–910	829	(<2 yrs)	Open	6	710.00–970.00	$838.07
805–985	879	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	430.00–585.00	$500.11

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
560–700	658	Young (2-4 yrs)	Open	5	300.00–350.00	$329.33

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Bred Cows

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
1015	1015	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	800.00	$800.00
1105	1105	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	700.00	$700.00
— fancy	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	3	850.00–1,025.00	$950.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	785.00	$785.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	1,175.00–1,250.00	$1,212.50

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
770	770	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	425.00	$425.00
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	3	625.00–725.00	$683.33

Medium and Large 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	885.00–900.00	$892.50
—	—	Aged (>8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	1	875.00	$875.00

Small 3 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	610.00–625.00	$617.50

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Bred Heifers

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $
915–925	920	(<2 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	650.00–700.00	$675.14
—	—	Young (2-4 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	16	1,025.00–1,100.00	$1,081.25

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Cow-Calf Pairs

Medium and Large 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
1035–1045	1040	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	2	875.00–1,000.00	$937.80	—
1115	1115	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,175.00	$1,175.00	—
1250 fancy	1250	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	1,600.00	$1,600.00	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	6	1,225.00	$1,225.00	—
—	—	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	6	950.00–1,150.00	$1,083.33	—
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	15	820.00–1,325.00	$1,102.67	—

Small 1-2 ($/head)
Weight (lb)	Avg wt	Age	Stage	Head	Price range	Avg $	Δ last sale
—	—	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	Open	1	650.00	$650.00	—

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Reading this report

What does "Medium and Large 1" mean?

USDA feeder grades describe frame size and muscle thickness, not quality of the individual animal. "Medium and Large" is the frame score; the number is muscle (1 = heaviest muscled). "Medium and Large 1–2" pens mix both muscle scores — common across the Southeast.

What is $/cwt?

Dollars per hundredweight — per 100 lb of animal. A 500-lb calf at $450/cwt brings 5 × $450 = $2,250. Lighter cattle usually bring more per cwt but less per head.

Why are some prices per head?

Bred cows, cow-calf pairs, and some replacement classes sell by the head, not by weight. We show those exactly as USDA reports them — a $/head figure is never converted into $/cwt on this site.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service's Livestock Market News — federal reporters at the sale. We publish each report in full and link the official USDA document at the top of the page.